Variant of 弔. Depicts a person carrying silk streamers used for wrapping around arrows with. Based on the original meaning "silk streamers used for arrows", now written as 繳. The meaning later shifted to "to hang" and "to hang a person".
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Depicts silk streamers used for wrapping around arrows with.
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Chinese
吊 [diào]
to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (126)
吊销 [diàoxiāo] #11,163
to suspend (an agreement)
吊销 [diàoxiāo] #11,163
to suspend (an agreement)
上吊 [shàngdiào] #10,168
to hang oneself
吊死 [diàosǐ] #8,755
death by hanging
吊带 [diàodài] #15,672
suspenders
吊带 [diàodài] #15,672
suspenders
提心吊胆 [tíxīndiàodǎn] #17,151
(saying) to be very scared and on edge
提心吊胆 [tíxīndiàodǎn] #17,151
(saying) to be very scared and on edge
吊车 [diàochē] #19,787
hoist
吊车 [diàochē] #19,787
hoist
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JAPANESE WORDS (70)
吊り上げる [つりあげる] #9,266
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.)
⭐ 吊る [つる] #13,675
to hang
⭐ 吊るす [つるす] #13,972
to hang
釣り上げる [つりあげる] #17,036
to land (a fish)
つり上がる [つりあがる] #22,413
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.)
吊り下げる [つりさげる] #25,446
to suspend (from)
吊橋 [つりばし] #28,919
suspension bridge
首を吊る [くびをつる] #36,309
to hang (e.g. oneself)
宙吊り [ちゅうづり] #40,804
hanging in midair
つり目 [つりめ] #44,974
slant eyes
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